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Link: Homily for Requiem Mass of Fr Gerard W Hughes SJ by Fr Brendan Callaghan SJ


Where to start? I think Gerry would like us to begin with our own experience, right in the here and now, because at the centre of his life was his conviction that “God is in the facts, whatever my experience may be, so the facts must be kind.”

And the facts of this moment of mourning are kind. We are each of here today because our lives have been touched by God through Gerry W Hughes. That much we have in common; but the particular ways in which our experience of God has been influenced by our contact with Gerry are as many as the number of us all.

Perhaps we are family members, as fond and as proud of Gerry as he was fond and proud of his family.

Perhaps we are here because one or more of Gerry’s books, from “In Search of a Way” via “God of Surprises” to “Cry of Wonder”, provided the key to allow us to open ourselves to God.

Perhaps we made a retreat, with his guidance and with his accompaniment as a fellow pilgrim, or in a conversation or a letter we were listened to and invited to recognise where God was present in our lives.

To read on and to listen to a recording of Fr Brendan's homily, click here: www.jesuit.org.uk/blog/homily-requiem-fr-gerry-w-hughes-sj

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